578 DESCEIPTIONS OF APPLES. 



Basin shallow, regular ; Eye large, closed. 



Cavity wide, regular or wavy, brown ; Stem short, thick. 



Core medium, closed, clasping ; Seeds numerous, point- 



Fig, aoi. — MONMonra Fippm. 



ed, brown; Flesh white, breaking, fine-grained, juicy; 

 Flavor acid ; Quality good for cooking only ; Season, De- 

 cember to February. 



IVefrto-vrn Pippin. 



OBEEN NEWTOWN. 



This is probably the original Newtown Pippin, but by 

 no means the more common, which is the Yellow Newtown 

 Pippin, to be described in another place. 



Fruit medium to large, globular, flattened, sometimes 

 obscurely ribbed; Surface smooth, green, becoming yel- 

 lowish green when fiilly ripe, sometimes bronzy, and al- 

 ways showing white irregular strise near the base when 

 first gathered ; Dots scattered, minute, dark. 



Basin shallow, folded ; Eye small, closed. 



Cavity wide, wavy, brown ; Stem long, slender. 



